NFL Wolverines: 2013 Statistics

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11Apr 2014
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NFL Wolverines: 2013 Statistics

Denard Robinson, Chad Henne, Jordan Kovacs
Despite the football program’s recent and not-so-recent struggles, Michigan continues to be well-represented in the NFL.  Here’s a list by position group:

Quarterback
Tom Brady recorded an 87.3 quarterback rating, his lowest since 2003.  Still, 4,343 yards and 25 touchdowns isn’t too shabby.
Chad Henne continued to show that he can be a valuable and reliable backup in the NFL.  The only problem is that Henne played a starting roll for the Jacksonville Jaguars, which resulted in a 4-13 record.  After the season, the Jags still locked up him for another two years.  Henne finished the season with a 76.5 quarterback rating, 3,241 yards passing, 13 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions.

Ryan Mallett didn’t see game action backing up Tom Brady.

Running Back
Denard Robinson carried the ball 20 times for a total of 66 yards.  Although that only amounted to a 3.3 yard average, he did have an impressive 24-yard run against the Buffalo Bills.  Unfortunately, Robinson fumbled at the end of the play–one of his three fumbles on the season–and the ball was recovered by Buffalo in the endzone for a safety.


Michael Cox  recorded 43 yards on 22 rushing attempts in his rookie year for the New York Giants.  He also operated as an on-again, off-again kick returner, registering a 56-yard return against the Detroit Lions late in the season.
Wide Receiver
Jason Avant is a “wonderful catcher of balls . . . and such a good receiver for all the Eagles, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,” or so the song goes.  He finished the season with 38 receptions for 447 yards and two touchdowns.  Avant signed a one-year contract with the Carolina Panthers at year’s end. 

Junior Hemingway played in every game, and totaled 13 catches for 125 yards and two touchdowns.  He also recorded eight tackles, presumably on special teams.

Mario Manningham played in six games but did not accrue any statistics during his injury-plagued season for San Francisco.  He later signed a one-year deal with his former team, the New York Giants.

Offensive Line
Jonathan Goodwin graded out as the second best center in the league, according to Pro Football Focus, and played in all 16 games for the 49ers.  Despite that, he has yet to be re-signed by his team and is currently a free agent.

Jake Long started and played in 15 games for his new team the St. Louis Rams.  He spent the previous five seasons with the Miami Dolphins.

Steve Schilling played in seven games as a San Diego Charger before signing with the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks.
David Baas played in three games for the New York Giants.  He is now a free agent. 
William Campbell suited up for the New York Jets but did not see game action.

Patrick Omameh did not see game action with his team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 


David Molk was not in the league during the 2013 season after being cut by the Chargers; however, he recently signed with Chip Kelly and the Eagles and is listed on the team roster.

Hit the jump for the defensive players.

Defensive Line
Alan Branch recorded 39 combined tackles for the Buffalo Bills, who extended his contract by two years at the end of the season.
Mike Martin started one game for the Tennessee Titans and played in 13 total.  He finished with 15 combined tackles and one sack
Tim Jamison played in five games and recorded one tackle for the Houston Texans.
Craig Roh did not log any statistics after being signed by the Carolina Panthers approximately one year ago.   

Linebacker
David Harris tallied 124 combined tackles for the New York Jets, which was good for 17th best in the NFL.  He added two sacks and
a forced fumble.

Brandon Graham converted to outside linebacker in the Eagles’ new 3-4 defensive scheme, but he didn’t seem too pleased with his new role.  Despite totaling a combined 19 tackles, three sacks, and one forced fumble, Graham says, “I’ll probably end up in a 4-3 my next go-around.”

LaMarr Woodley racked up 36 tackles and five sacks for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Larry Foote played in one game and recorded eight tackles; he was released by Pittsburgh after the season.  Although Foote “has a couple offers,” he says he refuses to play for the league minimum.
Jonas Mouton just cannot catch a break.  He tore his ACL before the season started and has played in only three games for San Diego after being drafted in the second round of the 2011 Draft.

Kenny Demens may or may not still be on the practice squad for the Arizona Cardinals.


Defensive Back
Charles Woodson returned to the Oakland Raiders at the free safety position, resulting in 97 tackles, two sacks and an interception.

Ryan Mundy tallied 77 tackles, an interception, a sack, and a
recovered fumble in his one-year stint with the New York Giants.  Mundy
recently signed a new contract with the Chicago Bears.

Leon Hall picked off a pass and recorded 20 combined tackles for Cincinnati.

Jordan Kovacs played in nine games and recorded a tackle for the Miami Dolphins.

Stevie Brown, after recording eight interceptions in 2012, was
sidelined last year with a torn ACL.  The Giants locked him up for
next season anyway.

 
Kicker/Punter
Jay Feely plays for the Arizona Cardinals.  He attempted 36 field goals last year and made 30 of them

Zoltan Mesko is no longer a New England Patriot.  His 42.5 yard average and 36.7 net were both career worsts during his year as a Pittsburgh Steeler.  Mesko is now a free agent.

29Dec 2012
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Former Michigan Athlete of the Week: Leon Hall

Leon Hall scores a touchdown on an interception

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Leon Hall picked off his second pass of the year when he stepped in front of a pass from Ben Roethlisberger and returned it 17 yards for a touchdown.  Hall also broke up 1 pass.  The Bengals beat the Steelers, 13-10.

Honorable Mention

  • The New England Patriots’ Tom Brady completed 24/41 passes for 267 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 2 interceptions in a 23-16 win over Chad Henne’s Jacksonville Jaguars.  Henne finished 29/51 for 348 yards, 1 touchdown, and 3 interceptions.
  • Philadelphia Eagle Brandon Graham made 6 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass breakup in a 27-20 loss to the Washington Redskins.
  • New York Jet linebacker David Harris made 10 tackles and 1 pass breakup in a 27-17 loss to the San Diego Chargers.
  • San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Mario Manningham tore his ACL and MCL when he caught his first pass on Sunday, so he’ll miss the rest of the season.
  • Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Mike Martin made 3 tackles, 1 sack, and 1 tackle for loss, but the Green Bay Packers won in a blowout, 55-7.
18Oct 2012
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Former Michigan Athlete of the Week: Jay Feely

Jay Feely missed a 38-yard field goal that would have won the game for the Arizona Cardinals at the very end of regulation.  Instead of securing the victory, his team was forced into overtime and eventually lost to the Buffalo Bills, 19-16, giving the Cardinals only their second loss of the season.  That’s not a great way to get named the former Michigan athlete of the week.
Then again, Feely’s team never would have been in position to win the game if not for his incredible 61-yard game tying boot just one minute before.  The kick sets Arizona’s franchise record for longest field goal and is only two yards short of the NFL record.  Only five kickers in NFL history have successfully kicked a field goal of longer distance.  
“You don’t think there is any way a guy is going to make a 61-yarder,” Buffalo Coach Chan Gailey said, “and then you think for sure he is going to make the short one and he doesn’t.”
Honorable Mention:  Mike Martin recorded six tackles, a tackle for for a loss, and a hit on the quarterback, as his Titans won over the Pittsburgh Steelers by a score of 26-23.  Martin helped his defense hold the Steelers to only 56 yards on the ground and a mere 2.5 yards per carry.  He came in for some praise from the Titans’ head coach following the performance.

“I think when we drafted him we felt really good about him, and I think we all felt he could contribute right away like Casey did, like Klug did,” coach Munchak said.  “He’s hard to block.  That’s why we like him.  He beats double teams, he’s hard to block in the zone game when the center is trying to reach him on the back. . . .He’s going to be a very good football player for us.  You saw flashes of that last night.  He was making plays.  Those (defensive tackles) are doubled a lot, and I think our defensive tackles have really all year played pretty good.”

Miscellaneous:  

  • Tim Jamison tore his Achilles and was placed on the Texans’ Injured Reserve.
  • Tom Brady put the ball in the air 58 times and threw for 395 yards in a 24-23 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.  Braylon Edwards caught his first touchdown pass of the season in the game.
  • Brandon Graham recorded one tackle and Jason Avant caught two passes for 21 yards as their Eagles lost to the Lions, 26-23.
  • Stevie Brown tracker continues:  he tallied four tackles for the Giants in their shocking 26-3 beat down of the 49ers.
11Oct 2012
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Former Michigan Athlete of the Week: Stevie Brown

Stevie Brown wins this award for the second time in three weeks, and this time I’m not being generous.

Brown started Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns, picked off a pass, returned it 46 yards, recovered a fumble on special teams, made three tackles, and deflected a pass as his New York Giants went on to win, 41-27.  Brown has been seeing more playing time due to perfectly staggered suspensions by the Giants’ starting safeties for performance enhancing drugs.  Stevie’s been making the most of that opportunity, and his play has even been causing head coach Tom Coughlin to say nice things about him like “he’s speedy,” and a “strong guy that can run fast.”  Getting Coughlin to say nice things is not easy to do.  The Giants are now 3-2.

Honorable mention:  In a 31-21 victory over Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, Tom Brady passed Brett Farve to move into third place for most consecutive games with a touchdown pass.  With 38 straight games with at least one scoring toss, he still trails Drew Brees (48) and Jonny Unitas (47).  Brady threw for 223 yards this week and completed 74% of his passes.

Miscellaneous:

  • After coming off a preseason injury last year, Jonas Mouton still has not seen any regular season action so far for the Chargers.
  • Mike Martin recorded his second sack of the season; he has 18 tackles on the year.
  • Mario Manningham caught his first touchdown pass in a 49ers uniform in a blowout over the Bills.
  • Through five games, Zoltan Mesko has a punting average of 39.3 and a net of 36.0, which are last and second to last in the league, respectively.
20Sep 2012
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Former Michigan Athlete of the Week: Charles Woodson

Straight chillin’
In a pregame interview, Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler sarcastically wished Packers defensive backs “good luck” covering his wide receivers in their match-up during last week’s Thursday Night Football.  Cutler ought to know better than to challenge one of the greatest defensive backs of all time.

“We understand that Jay is excited about his new weapons,” Woodson said. “But it’s the same old Jay.  We don’t need luck.  We just need to be in position.  Jay will throw us the ball.”

Woodson and his mentees must have been in position quite a bit Thursday night, picking off Cutler four times in their 23-10 victory.  Woodson ended the game with one interception (the 55th of his career), five tackles, a pass breakup, and most likely nothing but a smooth look toward Jay Cutler that said, “I KNEW U WERE PATHETIC BEFORE THE GAME EVEN STARTED DUDE.”
Honorable Mention:  In only the second game of the regular season, Mike Martin started at nose tackle for the Titans and apparently showed well, recording his first NFL sack and registering four total tackles.  Martin started due to an injury up front and is still listed as second string on the official roster, but that shouldn’t prevent him from continuing to see plenty of playing time.  
Miscellaneous:  
  • Tom Brady is not the Former Michigan Athlete of the Week.  The Patriots were stunned by the Cardinals, 20-18, and Brady finished with a QB rating below 80.
  • Larry Foote recorded seven tackles and Ryan Mundy recorded five in the Steelers 27-10 win over the New York Jets.
  • Brandon Graham continues to NOT light the world on fire.  Two solo tackles are the only non-zero items on his 2012 boxscore besides “games played.”  
  • After coming off an early season-ending injury, Mouton started the 2012 season inactive for the Chargers.  He is listed as second string on their depth chart.
  • Braylon Edwards had five receptions for Seattle the first week but none last week.
  • Stevie Brown continues to collect an NFL paycheck.  Now in his third season, Brown is a backup safety for the New York Giants and has recorded five tackles this year.